Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man's World(2006)

Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man's World Synopsis

A tender, revealing documentary about one of the most famous and popular performing artists of the 20th century. Her legendary banana belt dance created theatre history; her song "J'ai deux amours" became a classic, and her hymn. The film focuses on her life and work from a perspective that analyses images of Black people in popular culture. It portrays the artist in the mirror of European colonial cliches and presents her as a resistance fighter, an ambulance driver during WWII, and an outspoken activist against racial discrimination involved in the worldwide Black Consciousness movement of the 20th century.

Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man's World (2006) is a documentary film directed by Annette van Wangenheim, released on June 2, 2006 with a runtime of 46m.